Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nipper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nipper \Nip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, nips.
2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
3. A satirist. [Obs.] --Ascham.
4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cunner.
(b) A European crab ({Polybius Henslowii}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nipper
n 1: a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty);
"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids";
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" [syn: {child},
{kid}, {youngster}, {minor}, {shaver}, {small fry}, {tiddler},
{tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}]
2: a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or
other arthropods [syn: {claw}, {chela}, {pincer}]
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